LOW GPU USAGE

[Kakapipi]

Hi all, 

I recently bought AC Syndicate and at the beginning i had really good performance, 70-100 gpu usage and 90-100 cpu usage, but after the intro (where ubisoft presentes assassins creed) i got 100 cpu usage and gpu usage always below 50.

 

Specs: GTX 1060 3gb

           i5 6400

           8gb ram

           450W PSU

[Damascus]

You may have a bottleneck then.  You don't have the craziest GPU but that CPU is pretty low clocked

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Damascus said:

You may have a bottleneck then.  You don't have the craziest GPU but that CPU is pretty low clocked

Pfff i thought my cpu and gpu would be a good combination, like is there any game i can play then without this problem wtf

[Damascus]

Just now, Kakapipi said:

Pfff i thought my cpu and gpu would be a good combination, like is there any game i can play then without this problem wtf

Are you actually getting really bad frames?  

[EPPHO]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

You may have a bottleneck then.  You don't have the craziest GPU but that CPU is pretty low clocked

That CPU actually has pretty nice boost clock

 

3 minutes ago, Kakapipi said:

Hi all, 

I recently bought AC Syndicate and at the beginning i had really good performance, 70-100 gpu usage and 90-100 cpu usage, but after the intro (where ubisoft presentes assassins creed) i got 100 cpu usage and gpu usage always below 50.

 

Specs: GTX 1060 3gb

           i5 6400

           8gb ram

           450W PSU

I would try updating GPU drivers, if it doesn't help try playing with your in-game settings

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Damascus said:

Are you actually getting really bad frames?  

30 fps now on high settings, but the weird thing is that i always get the same fps no matter what settings preset in take

[Spenser1337]

Is vsync on or are you playing at your super resolution 

[Damascus]

Just now, frozeNNN said:

That CPU actually has pretty nice boost clock

 

Still, even 2.7Ghz to 3.3Ghz.  Plus, a well optimized game using a couple or more cores means no turbo.  TBF, I think there are other issues as well because I used a lapyop running a 6700HQ (2.6Ghz to 3.5) and had no issues

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

Is vsync on or are you playing at your super resolution 

vsync is off and i play at 1080p

[Damascus]

2 minutes ago, Kakapipi said:

30 fps now on high settings, but the weird thing is that i always get the same fps no matter what settings preset in take

What monitor are you using?  If its a TV you may be limited to 30fps

[Spenser1337]

Just now, Kakapipi said:

vsync is off and i play at 1080p

Drivers installed? 

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Damascus said:

What monitor are you using?  If its a TV you may be limited to 30fps

75hz LG monitor 22inch 

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

Drivers installed? 

yep

[Princess Luna]

It is a CPU Bottleneck, Ubishit games are very poorly optimized, even my i7 7700 managed to get max out on AC Unity, though the bottleneck was minimal in my case.

[Damascus]

Just now, Kakapipi said:

75hz LG monitor 22inch 

Hmm, again do you have all drivers?

[Damascus]

Just now, Kakapipi said:

yep

 

Just now, Damascus said:

Hmm, again do you have all drivers?

NVM, bottleneck then

[Kakapipi]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

What monitor are you using?  If its a TV you may be limited to 30fps

I get around 30 fps not like its locked at 30

Just now, Damascus said:

Hmm, again do you have all drivers?

Yes i have

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

 

NVM, bottleneck then

 

Just now, Kakapipi said:

I get around 30 fps not like its locked at 30

Yes i have

 

[K0MP4CT]

How much VRAM is being used? This benchmark, and a few others, seem to be running better than what you're describing. I personally didn't have any issues with my old 970, even with an i5-4460. As you can see, this one is the 6GB version, and the VRAM estimation is higher than 3GB. Try opening Afterburner and checking what's happening as you play.

[Damascus]

Just now, K0MP4CT said:

i5-4460.

Has a base frequency of 3.2Ghz

[Kakapipi]

Just now, K0MP4CT said:

How much VRAM is being used? This benchmark, and a few others, seem to be running better than what you're describing. I personally didn't have any issues with my old 970, even with an i5-4460.

Less than 3gb, and this is the misson i talked about in my first post, this is the mission before the introduction

[K0MP4CT]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Has a base frequency of 3.2Ghz

The 6400 can go up to 3.3GHz, which is 0.1GHz below the i5-4460. The difference shouldn't be so severe.

 

 

1 minute ago, Kakapipi said:

Less than 3gb, and this is the misson i talked about in my first post, this is the mission before the introduction

My bad, I didn't realise what mission you meant. Nonetheless, my game didn't run as poorly as you describe. Although, that was a while ago, and the game may have become worse since then.

[Damascus]

Try OC'ing the GPU

[Damascus]

Just now, K0MP4CT said:

The 6400 can go up to 3.3GHz, which is 0.1GHz below the i5-4460. The difference shouldn't be so severe.

 

It CAN go that high but it won't.  Turbo only applies when one core is used and no modern game uses one core.  MINIMUM 2 cores

[Kakapipi]

Just now, Damascus said:

Try OC'ing the GPU

I did, + 200 on the memory clock and +100 on the core clock, and my gpu was already factory overclocked